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Title] Lines, &c., C. I.: To a Young Man who abandoned himself to a causeless and indolent melancholy MS. Letter, 1796.

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These lines were omitted in the MS. Letter and 4o 1796, but were replaced in Sibylline Leaves, 1817.

Or seek some widow's MS. Letter, Dec. 17, 1796.

eye] eyes MS. Letter, Dec. 9, 1796, C. I.

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earth's common weal
A prey to the thron'd Murderess of Mankind.

MS. Letter, 1796.

All effortless thou leave Earth's commonweal
A prey to the thron'd Murderers of Mankind.

C. I., 1796, 4o.